Stellarion was well on it's way to Kalai, tearing through subspace at level-3 faster-than-light speed, when the Captain decided to take the Robot's advice and split the FTL journey into 3 segments. During the second pause, 6 days into the trip, scans revealed a chilling truth: had they continued, the ship would have grazed the gravity well of a dark, distant outer planet of a faint star -- a near-catastrophic miss. On the morning of the ninth day the ship's AI announced their successful arrival at Kalai, the mysterious world claimed by the Robot to be their sanctuary, a new home for its kind. From high orbit Stellarion spent an hour scanning and observing this seemingly-lifeless planet, finding nothing of great interest, then the Robot transmitted coordinates: the drop-off point, their final destination. While the cargo lander could easily deliver the robots remotely and return unmanned, the Captain asked the Robot, "May I follow you on the way down? I'd love to see your place." "Certainly. But be aware that the atmosphere is unbreathable for humans.” Within an hour both landers gently settled onto Kalai’s rocky surface, hatches hissed open, and 14 robots stepped out, walking off towards a sight that awed both Mik and the Captain -- a strange yet magnificent architectural structure carved into a mountain. Several minutes later the Robot approached, accompanied by a smaller unit bearing a metallic box. The small robot stepped forward and extended it toward the Captain, "A gift," it said, its voice a soft hum, "for your aid. Travel safely, Captain.” Back aboard their lander, Mik eyed the box with suspicion, “What if it’s a bomb, sir?” “A fair point," said the Captain "we’ll open it remotely in the other lander, well away from the ship.” Careful examination of the box by robotic arms and sensors of a maintenance robot produced no explosion. Instead, they found an instruction manual, detailed plans and an actual working subspace communicator -- something that had eluded Earth scientists for the past 10 years. The Captain stared at the gift, a faint smile breaking through, “Not a bomb, Mik. A bridge.”